The ridiculous part is how badly a conference such as the Mountain West has been treated for years. As a whole, its top teams have shown it can hold serve against the so-called elite of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

I liked this ... when Sporting News did it in one of their season previews ... in 1989 or 1990.

As I recall, Kansas State, then a total laughingstock, was drummed out of Division I. This was also before all of the conference realignment, so they had Arkansas headed to the Big 8 to take K-State's place. Fascinating article.

I'm presuming Indiana State is taking one of the open FCS spots, right?

If they really did this, with relegation and promotion to a super-conference, with sub-conferences below just as in European soccer, it would totally rock.

I liked this ... when Sporting News did it in one of their season previews ... in 1989 or 1990.

As I recall, Kansas State, then a total laughingstock, was drummed out of Division I. This was also before all of the conference realignment, so they had Arkansas headed to the Big 8 to take K-State's place. Fascinating article.

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I believe it was 1988. Bill Snyder took over the program in 1989, when it was widely recognized as the worst program in D-1.

I liked this ... when Sporting News did it in one of their season previews ... in 1989 or 1990.

As I recall, Kansas State, then a total laughingstock, was drummed out of Division I. This was also before all of the conference realignment, so they had Arkansas headed to the Big 8 to take K-State's place. Fascinating article.

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I believe it was 1988. Bill Snyder took over the program in 1989, when it was widely recognized as the worst program in D-1.